[Elecraft] K3 - CQWWSSB Contest

[Barry N1EU]

Chris OE5CSP wrote:
> 
> 20 meters is wall to wall with strong SSB signals this weekend. Take the
> opportunity to connect an A/B switch to your best older transceiver vs. K3
> and you may find in some instances that the K3 is not optimally
> configured. My settings were changed for SLOPE, THR, and SLOW. Also
> changed I/II saved settings for SSB. 
> 
> I have yet to find another transceiver that can beat K3, but I have found
> some instances where the K3 wasn't the best before optimizing the settings
> with a critical ear and a standard (another radio I know and like). 
> 
I've heard from a few local contesters in the past two days who claim that
the K3 isn't one of the better ssb contesting radios based on just a little
time with the radio.  I couldn't disagree more with that.  I spent a lot of
time tuning into the most crowded parts of 20M and I was able to distinctly
copy layer after layer of stations on top of one another.  My other radios'
receivers would mostly turn to indistinguishable mush in that situation,
although the Orion did better than the Yaesus. I also spent much time
carefully adjusting the K3's shift/width for the best combination of narrow
selectivity and intelligibiity.

What worked for me was 1.8Khz filters, 1.6Khz width, 0.95Khz FC (shift), AGC
SLP 3 (important not to use too much AGC compression), AGC THR 8.  When I'm
not contesting, I turn AGC SLP to a higher value.  I used flat RX EQ.  On
the transmit side, I used CMP at 23.

73,
Barry N1EU

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